I think that's a tad too much enthusiasm. I would say however that he was middling at best early on but he's really stepped up his game as time has gone on and last night's speech was very, very good. To the point that while I was watching, I was thinking "Hmm, I want to know who the lead speech writer on this was - that's some damn fine work."

I particularly like how little pop culture there is in it - those speeches tend to be forgotten quickly. It was exactly what it needed to be: presidential. He said what needed to be said and did so in a manner that any retrospective on his presidency will be able to look back at that speech and define it as a key moment in his presidency and that all future Americans can look at and understand because it's written and spoken in the language that every American instinctively understands at their core.

he really is. people used to say obama was good at it, but i never saw that. he could read a teleprompter....but could never respond dynamically to the moment. trump can. he is a brilliant speaker.